Almost Yankees
The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: xxiii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Almost Yankees is the story of the New York Yankees' then Triple-A farm club, the 1981 Columbus Clippers, and its players performing in the shadow of one of the sport's most famous teams and infamous owners"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
"I wouldn't ship anything to New York just yet" -- Locked out -- For openers -- "A ball never comes to me" -- Signs of life -- Hello, baseball -- "This is Phil Rizzuto from Norfolk, Virginia" -- The grind -- Flashing the "H" -- Time to get up -- "I guess I'm in charge" -- Postseason -- "There's something I've got to tell you" -- Heroes.
Subjects:
Columbus Clippers (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball teams -- Ohio -- Columbus -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball teams -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball players -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography.
Baseball team owners -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography.
Columbus Clippers (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball teams -- Ohio -- Columbus -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball teams -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball players -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography.
Baseball team owners -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781496208897 (cloth : alk. paper)
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Baseball Her | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.